WTB Adventure 208 / Seafarer 228

too_tired said:

Thank you all for the help! I have a 228 currently lined up I'll be picking up in March.

@Mustang65fbk what did you do for insurance when you towed yours back? Did you purchase a boat policy or was it covered through your auto policy?

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My auto policy covered whatever I was towing each time I've bought a boat and did the trek back across the country. I would be cautious though as in March, there can be parts of the country still covered in snow or ice. Especially mountain passes and so forth. One of the trips back with a previous boat, we hit a ton of snow and ice going through the pass in eastern Montana. We barely made it through before they closed down the pass to all traffic. Looks like you're in California, so I'm guessing you shouldn't have much snow. But planning ahead, getting reservations in hotels and setting everything up early definitely helps. I'm not sure about the south, but in Montana there are so many cars going through the state and not enough hotels to where they're usually all sold out and it's incredibly difficult to get a room without a prior reservation. If you're going to do the trip yourself, double check with your auto insurance to make sure you'll be covered, plan your trips everyday in terms of time and miles driven, allow extra time for stopping, eating and filling up with fuel, going to the bathroom, etc. As mentioned above, I'd also reserve hotel rooms where you think you'll want to spend the night each night so you don't have any issues. And the biggest thing, I'd have a shop or someone else check over the trailer and look at the tires, brakes, bearings and so forth before you do the drive. An hour or two in a shop getting some new parts is a hell of a lot better than being broken down along the highway in the middle of nowhere. I also brought along a lug wrench, jack, tool kit and some other basics in the event that I did break down or have to change a flat tire, etc. Good luck and keep us all updated with the progress.

Post some pics of the 228 you are grabbing in March, and if you have a link to the Katrina boat I would love to see it. Thanks!

Nice find!

What kind of details did you get from the guy with the Katrina 228? I’m only a couple of hours away from it. May entertain it if he comes down a hair.

Sheesh, thanks for the info. That’s a hard pass for 14k.

Your search on the west coast for a 228 in that price range will be tough. I bought my 228 last year from the East coast for about that and it needed new trailer and repower so I have way more $ into it now, prices were high last year and they are starting to come down a bit but I didn't care just found one that was minty used in fresh water.

Quick FB search a 208 came up in WA:

RIVERTEC_FISH said:

Your search on the west coast for a 228 in that price range will be tough. I bought my 228 last year from the East coast for about that and it needed new trailer and repower so I have way more $ into it now, prices were high last year and they are starting to come down a bit but I didn't care just found one that was minty used in fresh water.

Quick FB search a 208 came up in WA:

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I saw that boat on Craigslist the other week and had a few possible concerns about it. First would be that the price seems a bit on the lower side for what you get and especially with it being a west coast/PNW boat. Second, would be that in the listing it says the boat comes with an aluminum trailer whereas the pictures in the ad are clearly of a galvanized steel trailer. Third would be the bit in the ad about the boat being a "Fish and Wildlife interdiction boat", which if that's the case then I doubt the boat would have registration numbers or the tabs on the side of the boat for being registered. I've also never heard of Fish and Wildlife owning a Grady White or other fiberglass boats. They typically always have aluminum, or at least they've only had aluminum boats that I've ever seen. On top of that, if it was truly a Fish and Wildlife boat, I imagine there must be way more than only 850 hours on a boat that's now over 21 years old, especially since the motor is of the same vintage as the boat. Lastly, the posting is listed for some reason in Bellevue on the Craigslist ad but it's moored in John Wayne Marina in Sequim? Which is around 75 miles away. I'm not sure why that would be the case, but... here's the Craigslist ad for it.

A big plus for the 228 is it doesn't have the aluminium transom bang cap which is a well known cause of wet transoms.

SeanC said:

A big plus for the 228 is it doesn't have the aluminium transom bang cap which is a well known cause of wet transoms.

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Agreed... I love the enclosed transom and bracket. Less likely go get water intrusion, gives you a bit more space in the cockpit area and makes me feel better when having older/younger family and friends in the boat in that they're not going to fall out.

Username checks out after that journey lol. Glad you made it safely, enjoy the new sled!

too_tired said:

5000 miles later here we are. Not something I'd ever want to do again but about 1200 in fuel costs round trip no other option came close. Now comes the fun and $$$ turning it into a true westcoast boat.

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I was going to say 5,000 miles? Where in the world do you live? Then I realized you did the roundtrip lol. My very first boat purchase I drove from Seattle out to a place in Maryland called Oxford, and then trailered the boat back home to Seattle as well. It was just over 3,000 miles each way and it was a pretty grueling drive, a few days of which I'd put in 1,100-1,200 miles driven each day. After doing the roundtrip the first time, the next two boats I purchased I actually flew out, rented a truck and drove them back that way. It's a little bit more expensive to do so, but it saves you 3-4 days of driving out there, depending on how far you have to go. Anyway, glad to hear you got back in one piece and didn't have any issues. What are the specs on the boat? And if you don't mind my asking, how much were the quotes at having the boat shipped out here? Just curious how much they've gone up over the years. It's considerably cheaper doing it yourself if you have the time, resources and desire to do so. But yes, after the first time doing it, you don't feel like doing it again, or at least the roundtrip drive that is. Good luck with the new boat, congrats and post a few more pictures when you get a chance. She looks like a good boat though from the pictures. And if you haven't done so already, I'd repost this in the "General Discussion" section with the update on the boat purchase as there is a bit more traffic there compared to this section.